Process of treating cigarette tobacco



20 cassia oil and alcohol.

Patented. ept. 2 9, 1925,

LLOYD IF. HUG-HES, 0F MING-0 JUNCTION, OHIO.

PROCESS OF TREATING CIGARETTE TQlBACCO.

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tJeflerson, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Processes of Treating Cigarette Tobacco, of

which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates to a process of treating tobacco for use in the production of cigarettes, and it has for its object to provide a cigarette tobacco which, while cooling and soothing to irritated membranes of the mouth and throat of the smoker, is

absolutely non-injurious and is pleasant to the taste.

The process consists in spraying upon the tobaccolwhich is to be rolled into cigarettes a solution consisting of menthol (6 E 0), To each pound of cutcigarette tobacco, the quantity and proportions of the named ingredients approxi- Application filed July 31, 1924. Serial Ito. 129,490.

mateiMenthol, 2.7 grams; oil of cassia, ,2,

cubic centimeter; alcohol, 10 cubic centimeters.

The alcohol serves as a solvent for the oils, causing commingling thereof,

The cassia oil may be omitted if desired, without greatly affecting the product.

I claim:

1. The process of treating cut cigarette tobacco which consists in impregnating the tobacco with a solution of menthol and alcohol.

2. The process of treating tobacco which consists in impregnating the latter with a solution of menthol and alcohol, in which said ingredients are employed in approximately the following quantities and proportions to each pound of the tobacco: menthol, 2.? grams; alcohol, 10 cubic centimeters.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature,

LLOYD F. HUGHES. 

